Extension-table.



E. TYDEN.

` EXTENSION TABLE. y APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 26, 1909. 936,586, magmaont. 12, 1909.

UNITED sTATiis PATENT one.

EMIL TYUDEN, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

l nient of the extended table top lwith intervening llers bodily overthe support in either longitudinal direction which, is possi-v ble whenthe extension is less than the inaximuni in the absence of preventativemeans; and to provide at the same timemeans for securing each table topmember releasably at extended posit-ion for the insertion of any desirednumber of fillers. It consists in the features of construction shown anddescribed as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a top plan view of an extension tableequipped withv this invention and shown having the top members partlyextended to disclose the devices in question. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection at the line 2 2 on Fig. l'. Fig. 3 a plany view showing amodification.

In the drawings-Figs 1 and 2, there is represented a table having adivided pedestal, but this is notimaterial and is merely shown toindicate the applicability-of1 the invention to such a', table as Wellas to one having an undivided pedestal. The pedestal, comprising the twomembers, A, A, has the usual cap stretchers B, B, for holding theslides, 0,0, to which the pedestalmembers are connected for extension,and is provided with additional slides, G1, C1, connected to theopposite table top .members, D, D, respectively, to accommodate the eX-tension of the table top members relatively to the respective pedestalmembers orto the l pedestal bodily when undivided'. Upon one of the cap-stretchers there is mounted -a bracket., F, whose upstanding' arm is aplate carrying .a cross pin, F1, progecting at both sides of the platewith which'it is rigid. .Upon each top member there is pivoted for shortvertical movement a latch bar, Gr, whose under edge has notches, g, atintervals of a half filler width and positioned so Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1909.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

serial No. 485,978,

that they may engawe the pin, F?, at closed position of the table topmembers and at half filler width steps of extension. 'lhe outer end ofeach latch is positioned, conveniently for the operator to reach, justwithin the curtain or marginal molding, d, of the table. The latches areoverbalanced at their inner ends so' that they tend by gravity normallyto engage the in, F1. lf desired, the., notches, g, may be eep enoughand the range of swing of the latch suii.- cient to allow room forbeveling the inner edge of each notch as seen at g1, so that it mayengage the pin with some room for drawing upon it as the latch is forcedhome from the bottom of the notch, as seen inI g2,

so that when the illers are removed the table members may be forcedtogether without re rd to the latches whose slope, g2, will vri e up onthe pin, F1, in the closing-up movement. With this construction, itVwill be seen that the table members at any stage of extension proper,for receiving fillers are positively engaged with the pedestal memberagainst further extension so that when the table is pulled overthe-fioor, the member taken hold of for such pulling bein engaged withthe edest-al by the abrupt s oulder of the noto ,:g, of its latchcarries the pedestal with it and revents the top from sliding bodilyover tlie pedestal, and that when the table is pushed in eitherdirection, the member pushed upon is resisted by the opposite member,whlch is simultaneously engaged against the outward movement which"itthus resists, and as in the case of a pull prevents the top from movingbodily over the pedestal.

In Fig. 3 there is shown a modification consisting in mounting thelatches for horizontal instead of vertical swing, the bracket or post,F, being then turned ninety degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1,so as to present its lateral vertical edges for engagebers movablerelatively to a. sup orting member for extension to admit filers, in

Atop members respectively combination with such supporting member andtop members; aV bracket fixed on the supporting member," latch barscarried by the top members respectively, each provided With means forengagement with the bracket at step intervals equal to half-iiller-Widthdistance, and means foroperating the latches.

2. In an extension table comprising a supporting member and top membersmovable thereon for `extension to admit fillers, in combination Withsuch supporting member and top members, a bracket erected rigidly onthe. supporting member; latches pivoted between their ends on the underside of the having notches for engaging the bracket at step intervalsequal to half-filler-Width distance, said notches having an abruptshoulder facing toward the ends of the tablesaid shoulder being beveledat the edge of the latch, the outer ends oi the levers being accessiblefor operating the same from the end of the table. 3. In an extensiontable, comprising a supporting member and top members movable thereonfor extension to admit llers, in combination with such supporting memberand top members, a latching post carried rigidly by the supportingmember; latches on the top members notched for engagement with suchlatching post at step intervals equal to half-lle1'-Width distance,theAengaging notches having abrupt shoulders f acmg toward the ends oi"the table and sloping shoulders at the opposite sides, and means foroperating the latches :tor engagement and disengagement with thelatching post.

4. In an extension table having top members movable relatively to thesupporting member for extension to admit fillers, in combination withsuch supporting member and top members, latch bars pivoted on the topmembers respectively, and a stop'device carried by the supporting memberv.tor engagement with the latch bars; said bars having abutments forsuch engagement at step intervals equal to half-filler Width, andsprings operating on the bars tending to engage them With said stopdevice.

5. In a pedestal extension table havin a divided pedestal and topmembers Inova le relatively thereto for extension to admit llers, incombination with such pedestal and top members, latch bars pivoted tothe top members respectively, and a stopV device mounted on one of thepedestal members, the latch bars having abutments for engagement withsuch stop device at stepl intervals of their length equal to a halffiller Width distance, and means for operating the latches.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois,this 18th day of March, 1909.

EMIL TYDEN. Witnesses 't M. GERTRUDE ADY, JULIA S. ABBOTT.

